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I have always been a *via media* person myself; looking for common ground between two extremes, two contrary views always seemed a practical matter of living together. I probably learned that as a kid with a Catholic father and a Protestant mother, and that predisposed me to maneuver for the ...

This is existential. Not just for Israel but for America. I will say it publicly because I believe it utterly. To the extent that this President does not maintain a pure policy of support for Israel, he misreads the irrevocable nature of the American commitment to Israel, he misreads history ...

Thanks to my friends and constructive comments, i have learned that all caps *feels* like YELLING when read. My apologies where needed. And now i know how to format a case change from yesterday's blog. For discussion sake, lets take this a topic at a time, shall we? (again, this ...

**EXERCISE IN CRITICAL THINKING ( Source cited below)** WHO STARTED OCCUPY WALL STREET? WHO IS THE FATHER OF OWS? HOW DID THIS MOVEMENT START? WHO PLANNED THIS EVENT? WHO IS PAYING FOR THE MADISON AVENUE MARKETING FIRM? THE NEWSPAPERS? THE FLYERS? WHAT ROLE DID SEIU PLAY IN THE PLANNING OF ...

*What I wish I'd said. . .* but I best start with what was said in a respectful exchange over the patio fence at Hero's last Friday night in Wichita's Old Town. . . I engaged a small parade of chanting protesters by asking them what it is they want. ...

http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/ I was one of the live stream participants of the Day of Prayer-- an event in Houston that was true to the call—an opportunity to unite without party affiliation, ethnic consideration, age or ‘class’ to cry out to the God of all Creation to have mercy on our nation. ...

OK, *now* about the Royal Wedding, the reason for the trip, as Jane and I experienced it on Buckingham Palace grounds. 7:00 --Gloucester Road Underground was surprisingly vacant. Made me wonder if the rest of London was already in place. . . . http://www2.ljworld.com/users/yayarea/photos/2011/may/5/213315/ the answer was, oh yes! and ...

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=american+airlines+emergancy+landing+in+N.B.+Canada&aq=f Thursday morning, my first wake up in Lawrence from my trip to London is a day later than planned because of an emergency landing in Moncton N.B. and what is affectionately called *Camp Canada* for those of us who enjoyed the local hospitality there for over 8 hours. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2011/05/03/nb-emergency-landing-moncton.html ...

There is a reason that word is well used in the British vocabulary-- the best plan is certain to change; so in London, plan A, B, C and route A, B, and C must be worked out before setting off on an adventure because invariably one of the tube lines ...

http://www2.ljworld.com/users/yayarea/photos/2011/apr/28/212901/ Two watches -- one set to CST and one to Greenwich MeanTime--that helps orient me, but I am still confused about meal time; so we eat when we are hungry here. That averages one meal and several snacks on the go. But coffee is not optional and I was ...